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Fertilizer Stocks Jump With Shipments Stuck at the Strait of Hormuz  WSJ

Mortgage rates climb to 6.11% as Iran war roils markets  CNN

U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise, Undercutting Housing Affordability Push  The New York Times

Live updates: Iran vows to avenge deaths; California governor sees no drone threat  NBC10 Philadelphia

Tête à tête - France 'not sending any vessels to the Strait of Hormuz', Defence Minister Vautrin says  France 24

Two crew on the USS Gerald R. Ford -- the world's largest aircraft carrier currently deployed for the war against Iran -- were injured Thursday in a laundry room fire, the US Navy said. "Two sailors are currently receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and are in stable condition," a statement from US Naval Forces Central Command said. The Navy said the fire, originating "in the ship's main laundry," was "not combat-related and is contained."

News stories are weighing nuclear risk as experts muse on the possibility of global warfare Intimations of world war three – the big one, nuclear Armageddon – didn’t arise yesterday. But they got more urgent when Donald Trump was elected the second time. In December 2024, Newsweek published a map of the “safest US states to live during nuclear war”. The article was not reassuring. “Nowhere is truly ‘safe’” from such consequences as “contamination of food and water supplies and prolonged radiation exposure”, said the senior policy director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Another expert noted that “even a ‘small’ nuclear war would ... kill at least a billion people”. And since 28 February, when the US and Israel began their bombardment of Iran, chatter about a world war has spiked, with everyone from anonymous social media users to Harvard policy wonks weighing in. Continue reading...

UN agency says up to 3.2 million displaced by Iran war  The Hill

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first statement since being appointed.

When stock markets are falling, it’s natural to want to do something quickly to protect your retirement savings

Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed has been signed by Indian-owned Sunrisers Leeds in UK cricket's Hundred auction.

Under a Blackened Sky, Iranians Navigate War and Regime Threats  Bloomberg

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to weather fallout from his choice of Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador despite warnings about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

Iran War Forces Thousands of Flights to Divert  The New York Times

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Oil price jumps despite deal to release record amount of reserves  BBC

Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Other Fronts Will Be Opened If War Persists  Bloomberg

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